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In a clip captured on film March 12, a man can be seen throwing down his bag and throwing a sucker punch at a SLCPD officer who was walking past him inside the airport's terminal in a seemingly unprovoked assault.

The 33-year-old man initially turns his attention toward a second officer and appears ready to throw another punch. Instead, he quickly puts his hands up then gets onto his knees after the attack, and is easily subdued.

'The man, without warning, dropped his bag and punched an officer in the head, nearly knocking him to the ground,' police said.

'After the punch, the man turned his attention toward the second officer and appeared to throw a second punch but immediately transitioned into a position of surrender and put his hands up.'

The man, whose identity has not been released, was taken into custody and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on a charge of assaulting an officer.